Meet alt-J (Δ), Winner of the UK's Mercury Prize, the Award That Catapulted the Careers of The xx, Arctic Monkeys, and More!

If you're a fan of Radiohead, then let me blow your mind with UK based band alt-J (Δ), who took home the Barclaycard Mercury Prize award for Album of the Year last week. The award was created in 1992 to celebrate and support UK based bands, and if its prestige says anything, it's to watch out, because many a music career has been boosted just from being nominated.

Curious to know about their inimitable name? It was the band's fourth moniker, and—according to one band member—the delta symbol “is used to show change in mathematical equations.” Delta is the symbol created when you press the alt key and then type J on the computer. And voila, you get: alt-J (Δ).

What do you think of alt-J (Δ)? Did you recognize the movie quote in the lyrics to Breezeblocks?